Lambs stolen from a farm are not fit for human consumption, cops have warned.

Police have appealed for information following the theft of 16 lambs from a farm in the Eglish Road area of Dungannon last night.

Chief Inspector Graham Dodds said: “The farmer who owned these lambs has informed us that they would not be ready to enter the food chain for the next six weeks and that their meat would be poisonous to humans if eaten.